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* Michael Mol <mikemol@×××××.com> [120328 11:28]: |
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> On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 11:14 AM, Todd Goodman <tsg@×××××××××.net> wrote: |
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> > * Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> [120328 11:06]: |
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> >> On Wed, 28 Mar 2012 10:15:19 -0400, Todd Goodman wrote: |
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> >> > x11-libs/fltk is in world. |
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> >> Why? |
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> > Don't know. Probably forgot the -1 at some point or needed it for some |
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> > software outside of Gentoo. |
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> >> > Or have I broken my system? |
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> >> Probably. There is rarely a good reason for having libraries in world. |
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> > Fine, but it hardly seems that it's broken just because there's a |
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> > library in world? |
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> Remove it from world, and try an emerge -p --depclean. |
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No offense, but I wasn't really asking how to remove packages |
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from my system if I need both slots for some reason. |
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It wants to then depclean both versions (no surprise there.) |
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> Having the library in world ties you to a particular name for that |
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> library, among (potentially) other things. That could conceivably lead |
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> to ping-ponging if an update moves it away from some piece of that |
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> original description, and than another update notices that it's |
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> missing. |
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Yes, of course if the ebuild names change then it's a possible problem. |
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The same for an ebuild for a package that isn't a library. |
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It still seems broken for emerge to want to install both versions in |
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slots and then turn around and remove one of them immediately |
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afterwards. |
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Todd |
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